: About Me

I am a 42 year old master sergeant in the Colorado Air Guard.

During the Cold War, I served in the Army in Germany, leaving it in 1989, after the fall of Berlin Wall and staying there on my own for a few years, traveling and learning the customs and language.

In 1998, I entered the Reno Air Guard to help pay for my associate of general studies degree before transferring to the Colorado Air Guard where I was activated - on 9/11 - for several years of service in the Air Force.

My grandfather was a World War II veteran and later became a writer and technical editor for a defense contractor at a time when it was possible to get such a job without a college degree.

I love to write - when I can overcome the challenges of too little time and too much writer's block.

While I learned a lot about the mechanics of writing from my grandfather, I want to bring more passion to the craft than technical writing allows for. I write primarily about my experience and people and their varied perspectives-being fascinated by the duality of human nature and the great, deep questions that are fun to ponder, but the act of which usually yields no bread to the table.

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A day rarely passed when my former Airman, Keith, in his 20s, failed to express his opinion on the human race. "People suck," was his signature statement he was known by it. One sweltering August day, walking the length of the runway together, winding gritty electrical cable through our tattered gloves, I could wait no longer to press him. I had to know just what shaped such a negative outlook on such a young man as he. Being that Keith was always more than obliging when it came to sharing his viewpoints, he dutifully filled me in on the details of his story. As the tale of Keith's life un...

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